Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-22
NEW Y0RIk's COsxuP.
Life In the big City - ShescheA ~
CummIngs and Hall.

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Special Correspondents OF TEE EvrsNe Stan.
| NEW YORK. october 81
New York is the best and the worst city IN
America in which to keep house. Charles Del.
monlca the present head Of the famous restaurant
d m, declares that you can get more for shilling
aud less for pound IN Paris or London than In
New York. The epigram apples In great ne .
| ure to housekeeping In New York. Here Is the
| record OF the experience OF q man in the metrop-
oils who went TO housekeeping on a modest scale.
After he had formed q frm determinatinn 20 M
onger be boarder he set out 70 &c rca for quar-
tiers In which to set up his household gods by HIM
self. The newspapers reeked with advertisements
OF most attractive pl ceS There nrst developed
In him burning desire TO have a house all By
| himself, but he made the sad discovery that no
| N n OF moderate me ms can snord at luxury In
dent Of the New York Cen raj Raiiro d. lives in a
house, elegant as It Is hat the average gentleman
OF means OUTSIDE OF New YORK would consid r
| found one suite OF rooms which seem to
have II he advantage Of coziness, and was abo ut
70 St up bookkeeping there whe he mad the
| " no IN and dog that barked perpetually In the
bull ling that he was bout to select his ADJ ing
and had irmly made up his mimi 10 settle over in
Nea Jer ey. Thomas Mast and thousands OF buy
Nv WORKERS live over there ou, III. Journey 70
Wolves u long aud not always quick slde. one
| morning a train from one OF these New Jersey
towns was delayed unfl nearly midday by q
wreck, and the Louse-hunter was deterr~d by this
circumstance from carrying out his weil-rormei
plan to move into one OF the pretty New jersey
hamlela Then he cast about ror place In Brook
lyn. IL Is favorable point Of residence, and APP
pirenlly near TO the crnters OF business In New
YORK. but one trip over be bridge during the busy
hours convinced him that no man who had an ab
horr~nce OF crowding could i've IN Brooklyn and
be entirely at peace with the world There Il
a, thoroughly Jostled by your relow-men as In go.
ing between New York and Brooklyn. Ia &c pro-
portion OF the journalists OF moderate means lfv
| In Brooklyn, and when once you are there II Is a
pleasant place.
FLAT IN HARLEx.
The householder finally selected modest nat In
that haven OF all economical persons OF pronounced
taste and rather limit, m ans, namely. Harlem.
The crowds that surge out toward that living re-
sort are big enough TO m Ike Sc In n elevated
tram an almost unobtainable luxury during the
evening and morning hours, but the householder,
ns, aspsrate resort nSed upon dr har EN- n., ne
able to answer that IN the negative, he was queo-
toned by the suspicious owner OF MT as to
whether or not he owned dog. He guilty an
swered in the Affirmative and YVES told that no dog
owner could have quarters In the building. He
sent his dog away, rented nat aud contract q Tor
the removtl OF his household goods In Mt OF
economy he hired cheap expressman TO move his
trunks. One OF them obtained all the money he
trunks appeared. When the would.be householder
went to look for them the expressman had close
his place ana no trace or the missing baggage could
hours the trunks turned up. one OF them being in
sadly wrecked condition. There was no & IS In
the Nat, and the Haremiie SET out 70 nnd the office
Gle. He found and was her CURLY told that ne
must deposit S before any move 10 give him light
and then made bold to ask sD when the conpany
would be so kind as to give him II was dis
covered that there was no meter 10 the apart
ments, and the presiding genius at the gas office
cIllny SAID thai II would be al least week beure
II W, ud Le possible to turn On the 9 Is The house
hunter, who b ID hood in line and waited a weary
hour for the privilege OF getting fis discoura ling
information, went TO his barracks In q sIaIe. OF
great gloom and Illuminated them with cthdles
up IN paste board boxes. IL was glo my and
grewsome ex erience. At last he gas was turH d
on ard he person OF the premises sent TO a West
ern city for the remainder uf bis household Effects
They came with great promptness and with equal
punctuality were delivered at the entrance 10 he
wrong building. porter who had the indei en-.
TO 'iote" the goods to tueir destination for about
what they were wor b, and they were 'to.edr
When they had been put In place and had BEEN
firmly attached to their muorings, the head OF the
alleged house found, all too Lite, that the occu.
pants OF the nat below him cooked Cabbage every
u"per 4 had chldren Who nSuslIsd oi u nj l,e
To one VINO has enjoyed the fIesn free air OF the
boundiess West II appears for the lime thai New
Workers OF moderate means don't i've, they merely
stay. A. j. CCMNINGA
"GANGs" on BROADWAY.
About noon yesterday a sallow young man
dawdled down Broadway toward pe,monico's. lie
was narrow OF chest and slim OF limb. IFS head
hung forward with q peculiar and expressive in.
c.ination OF juvenile DISSIPATION and he leaned
h1ay a an a of
age. pretty and modest young girl stood on the
corner OF the street. and as be approached her the
pSce, sWsggered over toward her and stared
accustomed 70 that sort Of efrrontry, for
the way. The overd, essed and paid youngster
stroed on Two steps, and, returning, walked up
TO the side OF the girl with his elbow Inost TOUCH
Ing her wrist, while he looked up the street as
though waiting for car. Her repose was superb.
New York women have been insulted so muc1 OF
have gained an amount OF serenity and con.
fidence that nothing human can disturb. Even
when the young cub beside her made some remark
about her beauty, the girl retained tie same ex.
pre- ,sion OF absolute placidity She was certainly
not over eighteen and might have been on her way
smile on his tain lips crossed the street. lie wore
very hor,ey looking suit, white CATERS, and red
dish gloves. In front OF De monieos he met two
the pantomime.
"she wOullnt have 1t, my boy, would she9" said
one OF them.
"No," sad the new arrival shortly.
"She Is rather pretty, though"
"Ya-as What you mign, caii nice new-Iooking
gal lie, 20 IN TO breanfLst"
Iley entered the resi- aurant, drank absinthe and
ate hot peppers, Windsor herring ami he Other
nery Incentives u appetite which elderly and
dissipated voluptuari affect. Then they wan
drreu out An { strolied about town, They met
their fellows al TIL, cub and that in the different
CAFES and along Fifth aveaue. AL Of them are
rlaOOrate.y and Snow ly dressed aud they belong
TO what Is known as The Delmonico gang. They
adopt the manners OF the ench I'd English
masners, and their speca object In life Is the pur-
stale, and gruesome crew OF insunera bic prgs. but
they fancy that they are bowling sweils and the
idols OF the town.
THE BRowER HOUSE CROWD.
What Is known as the "Brower House gang"
consists Of some half hundred or more men who
dawdle about the corner OF Twenty-seventh street
and Broadway, and talk horse morning, noon and
Ike the other we'll : dressed gang. they
show up In public about IL O'Clock They are a
hard-featured looking lot OF cut-throats and they
make the corner which they honor with their di =
tinguished patronage terror to the women OF
New YORK. They look with envy on another gang.
tession, and which has Its headquarters on tn :
sidewalk 10 front OF the st. james hotel Ii ex
tends back THROUGH the corridor and into the bar
rom OF that hosiery. This crowd con-
sists OF horsemen, swell oook-makers, drum.
mers TOR champagne houses. eminent gamh
blers, and occasionally younger sons u tic =
fathers who think It clever thing TO run with thf
noted sporting men Of the town. The members De
this gang pose In solemn majesty and survey the
women as they pass. Complaints about them ary
loud and frequent and free, though, as far mir
observation goes, they are not Offensive In The
M taWa women When a yAmt,leys. nrnSr